CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A026100040001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 31, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONT.EN~'S
SOUTH VIETNAM: Communists reportedly do not intend
to~.aunc mayor offensive "for some tune to come."
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ISRAEL: Government move likely to cause substantial
in ?ease in food prices. (Page 5)
CUBA-USSR: Castro praises Brezhnev's efforts toward
detE.nte. (Page 6 )
BOLIVIA: Peasant demonstrations in Cochabamba
crushed. (Page 7)
JAPAN-FRANCE: Japanese power companies purchase
uranium enrichment services. (Page 8)
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS: Dollar's ap-
preciation since float of French franc ha.s been
reversed in most European markets. (Page 11)
FOR THE RECORD: (Page 12)
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SOUTH VIETNAM: Communist cadre in South Vietnam
have been briefed on a new COSVN resolution that
states a large-scale offensive will not be feasible
fo:r some time, according to a recent rallier. The
resolution calls for renewed political efforts to
topple the Saigon regime, consolidation of Communist-
he:1d territory, and enhancement of the PRG's image.
The high-level instructions, which the rallier
hats identified as CO5VN Resolution 12, allegedly are
based on the resolution of Hanoi's 21st Central Com-
mittee plenum, which may have been held as early as
last fall. The new resolution concedes that the
South Vietnamese Government is too strong and Commu-
nist forces too weak for a Communist military victory.
Communist military forces are to remain vigilant,
defend the "liberated areas, and concentrate on re?
building and training. Full-'scale conflict will
erupt only if Saigon's forces encroach extensively
on Communist territory. The resolution describes
this as the "least desirable" of many possibilities.
Politically, the new resolution ca:Lls on the
Viet Cong to spruce up their political